Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

competed at the

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, Canada. Haiti sent ten track and field athletes and three boxers to the games. As the athletes were amateurs, picked by President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier out of his personal friends, they had remarkedly poor times, with Dieudonné LaMothe earning the worst results ever at the

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. Among the officials was Gérard Raoul Rouzier, who served on the Football Disciplinary Commission.

Results by event

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Women's 100 metres * Antoinette Gauthier :* Round 1 — 13.11 seconds (→ did not advance) Women's 200 metres * M. Louise Pierre :* Round 1 — 28.19 seconds (→ did not advance) Women's 400 metres * Rose Gauthier :* Round 1 — 1:13.27 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 metres :* Round 1 — 11.05 seconds (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres :* Round 1 — 22.57 seconds (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres * Wilfrid Cyriaque :* Round 1 — 51.49 seconds (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Wilnor Joseph :* Round 1 — 2:15.26 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres * Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire :* Round 1 — 4:23.41 (→ did not advance) Men's 5000 metres * Dieudonné Lamothe :* Qualifying round — 18:50.07 (→ did not advance) Men's 10000 metres * Charles Olemus :* Qualifying round — 42:00.11 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Thanculé Dezart — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Charles Olemus — did not start (→ no ranking)

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Lightweight (−60 kg) * Yves Jeudy :* Round 1 — Bye :* Round 2 — Won by forfeit :* Round 3 — Bye :* Quarterfinals — Lost to

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, referee stopped fight in the 2nd round (→ did not advance) Light Welterweight (−63.5 kg) *

Siergot Sully Siergot Sully (born 27 February 1951) is a former boxer from Haiti, who competed in the light welterweight (- 63.5 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Sully lost his opening bout to Ismael Martinez of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbr ...

:* Round 1 — Lost to Ismael Martinez of

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, 5–0 (→ did not advance) Welterweight (−67 kg) *

Wesly Felix Wesly Felix (born 4 March 1947) is a former boxer from Haiti, who competed in the welterweight (- 67 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Felix lost his opening bout to Clinton Jackson of the United States The United States of America ...

:* Round 1 — Bye :* Round 2 — Won by forfeit :* Round 3 — Lost to

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of the

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in the 1st round (→ did not advance)

References

Notes

Official Report
Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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